Pacquiao landed 94 more punches than Bradley according to CompuBox, but
it was not enough as the judges stunningly awarded a split-decision win
to Bradley, who lifted the World Boxing Organization welterweight title
from Pacquiao with the victory.

Judges C.J. Ross and Duane Ford had it for Bradley, 115-113. Jerry Roth
had it for Pacquiao, 115-113. Bradley won the final round on all three
cards which pulled out the bout for him.

Pacquiao was shocked by the verdict!

"I do my best and I guess my best wasn't good enough," Pacquiao said.
"I've been watching the tapes of his fights. Tonight, he never hurt me.
Most of his punches hit my arms. I don't know what happened [with the
scoring]. I have no problem. I'll be ready for the rematch. No doubt [I
won the fight.]"

"Can you believe that?" promoter Bob Arum said. "I had it 10-2! After I
got into the ring after the fight, I went over to Bradley and said 'You
did very well.' He said, 'I tried hard, but I couldn't beat the guy.'
This is crazy. You talk about killing boxing? All three scorecards you
throw out."

Yahoo! Sports scored it 117-111 for Pacquiao, the same margin as Tim
Dahlberg of the Associated Press and Steve Carp of the Las Vegas
Review-Journal. Dan Rafael of ESPN had it 118-110 for Pacquiao. HBO's
Harold Lederman had it 119-109, or 11 rounds to one, for Pacquiao.

Pacquiao landed 253 of 751 punches, a connect rate of 34 percent.
Bradley landed 159 of 839, a connect rate of just 19 percent. On top of
that, Pacquiao seemed to land the more powerful shots.

"He's a beast," Bradley said, while admitting Pacquiao hurt him several times with the left.

Bradley landed clean shots, but wasn't able to back Pacquiao up.

Pacquiao said he respected the decision, but felt he won the fight.

From the look on Bradley's face at the end of the bout, it appeared he felt the same way.

I myself have always been a big boxing fan, and after watching the fight, I firmly believe that Manny Pacquiao won the fight.

It's a shame how some of these judges go on to interview on HBO and still stand behind their decision. Some of these officials should go before a committee and explain their scoring to see if they can keep their job. Emotions aside, the majority of the spectators and the educated boxing commentators all feel that Pacquiao won. Bradley knows he lost and the rematch will happen. The right thing would be for Bradley to admit defeat and hold the belt until the rematch or hand it back and gain the respect of millions on his way to his next payday. This way, Pacquiao's record is damaged and Bradley's plus one unregistered loss. I love the sport of boxing but these decisions need to stop. How about not giving the bad judges any big assignments until they work their way up. Shame on the judges for bringing down our beloved sport!